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Hi all,
can someone fix my save file, whenever i try to load it brings me back to title again.(i really want to continue playing the game.)
Appreciate your helps.
thanks ion advance.

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I took a look at your save & the reason you're having that issue was due to the fact you used the unofficial multiplayer mod. It adds extra farmhouse & cellar data for your partner. After removing their data, your game loads up fine.

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I took a look at your save & the reason you're having that issue was due to the fact you used the unofficial multiplayer mod. It adds extra farmhouse & cellar data for your partner. After removing their data, your game loads up fine.

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OMG! you fixed it! thanks alot mate i thought i never will play the game again, its really working now many thanks!

If your character no longer appears on the "load" menu, or your game crashes when you try to load your character, please follow these steps:

Possible Quick-Fixes

1. Often, people report that their save file problems fix themselves after a day or so (it sounds odd, but there are logical explanations for this). You can try taking a break from Stardew for one day (It's hard, I know : P) and coming back to it. Or, continue with the guide and try the other fixes:

2. Make sure you are on the same windows account you were using last time you played your character. If not, switch users and try loading your file again.

Open File Explorer and navigate to the %appdata%/StardewValley/Saves folder. Verify that a folder exists with your character's name (the folder will be called <name> followed by an underscore and a bunch of random-looking numbers). If the folder doesn't exist, check the Recycling Bin or your antivirus software's quarantine list.

Verify that the folder contains the following files:

File #1. A file with exactly the same name as the folder.
File #2. A file called "SaveGameInfo"
File #3. (optional) A file with the same name as the folder, with an "_old" appended to the end.
File #4. (optional) A file named "SaveGameInfo" with an "_old" appended to the end.

File #1 is your actual save file. It contains all the data that the game needs to load your character. File #2 (SaveGameInfo) is only used by the "Load Game" menu. Files 3 and 4 are backups made by the game in version 1.07 and later. The backup save file is always one day behind the actual save file (in-game progress).

I recommend making a backup of your character's folder, because the next steps require you to make edits to the files. You can create a folder called "backup" in the StardewValley folder and place your backup in there.

If your character's save folder contains the two files with "_old" at the end, and you're okay with losing one day of progress, you can try removing "_old" from the filenames and reloading your game. If that still doesn't work, or you'd rather not lose one day of progress, proceed.

If the file is not blank, then at least part of your save file is in-tact and therefore recoverable. Scroll to the very bottom of the file. If the last text in the file is "</SaveGame>", then your save file is fully in-tact. Therefore the problem must be a corrupt SaveGameInfo file (please skip ahead to the section labeled "Corrupt SaveGameInfo").

If the last text you find is not "</SaveGame>", then your save file is partially missing. This will require a "transplant" to fix:

Advanced Save File Surgery: Performing A Transplant

What you will need:

A verified "working" save file, opened in notepad
Your corrupt save file, opened in notepad

I highly recommend you make backups of both files before proceeding.

1. In your corrupt file, move the text cursor to the very bottom of the file.

2. Press ctrl+f to bring up the search window. Select "Up" where it says "Direction". Search for "GameLocation xsi". You should find something like <GameLocation xsi:type="JojaMart"> ("JojaMart" could be something different, like "Town" or "Farm"). Copy that entire fragment (From < to >).

3. In the working save file, ctrl+f search for the fragment you just copied. Copy everything from the start of that fragment to the very end of the file.

4. In the corrupt file, select everything from the fragment to the very end of the file (make sure you select any "whitespace" at the end of the file as well) and paste over it. Make sure the "start point" for where you copy/paste matches up exactly between the two files!

5. save the corrupt file, and try to load it. If it doesn't work, try these steps again from the beginning.

Corrupt SaveGameInfo:

SaveGameInfo is not an essential file for your character. It is only used in the Load Game menu, to display information about your character. Therefore, if it is missing or corrupt, your character will not show up in the load game menu. However, the actual save file might be perfectly fine!

To fix this, you can replace the missing/corrupted SaveGameInfo with one from another character. There will be duplicate entries in the Load Game menu, but one of them will be tied to the character you are trying to fix. Once you save again, everything will return to normal on the Load Game menu.

(optional) For convenience, you could open the copied SaveGameInfo file in notepad and change the contents of the <name></name> field, that way you'll be able to differentiate between the two files in the load game menu.

Extra Troubleshooting tips:

1. Your character's save file and your character's save folder must have exactly the same name!

2. In version 1.07 and later, Stardew Valley keeps the last two save files around for each character (rather than just the current day). So if you are unable to load your character, you can try loading the previous day instead: In File Explorer, navigate to %appdata%/StardewValley/Saves and find your character's folder. Take the files that say "_old" on the end and remove the "_old" from the filename. You'll have to remove or rename the regular files to something else before doing this, or else the filenames will clash.

4. Try exiting steam and running Stardew Valley directly from the local files. It will be located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Stardew Valley. Run Stardew Valley.exe as administrator (right click > Run as Administrator).

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It seems like if the host's save files don't match the files on their partner's computer the game will crash. That is to say, the game is reading people's saved files incorrectly, so it's crashing. A clue to this was that my friend opened their saved games and all MY save files were listed in his saved games, (along with his,) yet those save files contained all the games I'd previously deleted as well. Idk if the game is reading old files, or merging all save files, or if the data isn't merging right, or if there's a backup being read of old deleted files, but I hope that lends a clue to the issue. I'm sorry I don't have the logs, or images.

It seems like if the host's save files don't match the files on their partner's computer the game will crash. That is to say, the game is reading people's saved files incorrectly, so it's crashing. A clue to this was that my friend opened their saved games and all MY save files were listed in his saved games, (along with his,) yet those save files contained all the games I'd previously deleted as well. Idk if the game is reading old files, or merging all save files, or if the data isn't merging right, or if there's a backup being read of old deleted files, but I hope that lends a clue to the issue. I'm sorry I don't have the logs, or images.

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Sorry, I figured it out. Apparently my saved files never actually deleted from the folders. I deleted them in game, and they stopped showing up in game, but they were still in the folder lol I just had to manually go into the folder and delete the old character files that I'd deleted, so that the files didn't reflect over the LAN onto my friend's computer somehow... Idk lol Those files never got removed from the folder when I deleted them and weren't showing up on my computer, but were somehow transferring over to my friend's... I don't know how that's possible... it's like they were...
GHOST FILES! lol

[game] System.InvalidOperationException
[SMAPI] An error occured in the overridden update loop: System.InvalidOperationException: Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.
at StardewValley.SaveGame.<getLoadEnumerator>d__55.MoveNext() in C:\Users\gitlab-runner\gitlab-runner\builds\5c0f9387\0\chucklefish\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\SaveGame.cs:line 0
at StardewValley.Game1.UpdateTitleScreen(GameTime time) in C:\Users\gitlab-runner\gitlab-runner\builds\5c0f9387\0\chucklefish\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Game1.cs:line 3152
at StardewValley.Game1.Update(GameTime gameTime) in C:\Users\gitlab-runner\gitlab-runner\builds\5c0f9387\0\chucklefish\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Game1.cs:line 2355
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.SGame.Update(GameTime gameTime) in C:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\SGame.cs:line 242

I upload my save here please help

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[game] System.InvalidOperationException
[SMAPI] An error occured in the overridden update loop: System.InvalidOperationException: Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.
at StardewValley.SaveGame.<getLoadEnumerator>d__55.MoveNext() in C:\Users\gitlab-runner\gitlab-runner\builds\5c0f9387\0\chucklefish\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\SaveGame.cs:line 0
at StardewValley.Game1.UpdateTitleScreen(GameTime time) in C:\Users\gitlab-runner\gitlab-runner\builds\5c0f9387\0\chucklefish\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Game1.cs:line 3152
at StardewValley.Game1.Update(GameTime gameTime) in C:\Users\gitlab-runner\gitlab-runner\builds\5c0f9387\0\chucklefish\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Game1.cs:line 2355
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.SGame.Update(GameTime gameTime) in C:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\SGame.cs:line 242

I upload my save here please help

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Give this file a try.
It seems the game saved the data for your animals to the wrong section of the save file. Instead of saving them inside the barn data section like normal, it used the other "<animals>" tag directly underneath the farm data. By default the animal tag directly under the farm seems to be blank; so from what I can see, that was the cause of the error.

Anyway, it loads up fine on my end now; but let me know if you have further issues!

Hello! I recently tried out the beta, and when I attempted to return to normal game it corrupted my 160+ hour file. It shows a default looking character with my right character name, no play time, and no farm name, and when I try to open it it crashes the game. I looked into the file and found "save game" at the end but can't locate things like game location xsi. Is there any hope? I'd really appreciate some help!

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Hello! I recently tried out the beta, and when I attempted to return to normal game it corrupted my 160+ hour file. It shows a default looking character with my right character name, no play time, and no farm name, and when I try to open it it crashes the game. I looked into the file and found "save game" at the end but can't locate things like game location xsi. Is there any hope? I'd really appreciate some help!

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First off, the Beta heavily modifies savefiles with new data; so they're definitely NOT backwards compatible. If you only played a single in-game day; you might be able to roll back the day using the backup the game creates.
Though I only saw your main save in the file you uploaded. So, if you played more than a couple days, I'd recommend keeping your current save as a backup as it's already ready for the multiplayer update, and will be a more accurate conversion once the Beta is done.

That being said; I made an attempt to clear out all the new data from your save. I got it to load again in v1.2.33 of the game, but I only really tested wandering around your house/farm. Give it a try, and if you do experience further issues I can try and take another look.

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I'm also having the getting kicked back to the title screen issue. I've already tried messing with the files myself, and attempting to roll back the day to no avail. ;; This only happens with my year 2 file and it does not look like it's corrupt.

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I'm also having the getting kicked back to the title screen issue. I've already tried messing with the files myself, and attempting to roll back the day to no avail. ;; This only happens with my year 2 file and it does not look like it's corrupt.

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I took a look and loaded your save up in the Beta, and v1.2.33 without issue. So, it might be your gamefiles that are broke. I'd check those out by having Steam verify them.

Instructions for verifying files:
Right click Stardew Valley in your Steam Library.
Then select 'Properties' from the popup.
After that a new 'Properties' window should show up.
Go to the 3rd tab, 'Local Files', and select; "Verify Integrity of Game Files".

I took a look and loaded your save up in the Beta, and v1.2.33 without issue. So, it might be your gamefiles that are broke. I'd check those out by having Steam verify them.

Instructions for verifying files:
Right click Stardew Valley in your Steam Library.
Then select 'Properties' from the popup.
After that a new 'Properties' window should show up.
Go to the 3rd tab, 'Local Files', and select; "Verify Integrity of Game Files".

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I did that twice before along with reinstalling the game twice as well. A third time seems to have fixed whatever issue there was with the files! Thank you for looking at it though, I might just have to 'check' the files several times before it gets to working again.

First off, the Beta heavily modifies savefiles with new data; so they're definitely NOT backwards compatible. If you only played a single in-game day; you might be able to roll back the day using the backup the game creates.
Though I only saw your main save in the file you uploaded. So, if you played more than a couple days, I'd recommend keeping your current save as a backup as it's already ready for the multiplayer update, and will be a more accurate conversion once the Beta is done.

That being said; I made an attempt to clear out all the new data from your save. I got it to load again in v1.2.33 of the game, but I only really tested wandering around your house/farm. Give it a try, and if you do experience further issues I can try and take another look.

Can anyone help me fix my corrupted file, I was planning to use it to test the beta but I forgot that I messed around withe file a while back and couldn't get to open so if anyone could help it would be appreciated because it have about 50+ hours in that file.

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Can anyone help me fix my corrupted file, I was planning to use it to test the beta but I forgot that I messed around withe file a while back and couldn't get to open so if anyone could help it would be appreciated because it have about 50+ hours in that file.

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You had an assortment of backed up save data. I found the most recent full data file; renamed it, and cleared out the rest. It loads up fine now.

I am so glad I bought this game and put 17 hours into it only to have my game data just end up deleting itself. Of course I checked my %appdata% folder and my "save file" is blank. ANd there is no Savegame line in the _old save file. There should be no post about how to "recover" a lost account, if you release this game, THEN MY SAVE FILE SHOULD SAVE AND NOT RANDOMLY DELETE, WTF?! Thanks for taking my money, I will NOT be playing your game anymore if I am just going to randomly lose all my time, screw that, fix your game.

Why should I bother playing id all of my data can randomly be erased? The game has been out since 2016 and randomly deleting save files is still an issue? seriously? Maybe let us save to a SLOT because its 2018 and NOT have it be ONE SINGLE save file like an old snes game. THis would Literally fix the problem. Just saying.

can anyone have a look at mine and see what's up? it says I'm in year 2 but I was on year 4 the other day and it was fine up until yesterday. if I try to load the file it kicks me back to the main screen.